Dutch Police Arrest, Then Release, Two Belgian Men Following TEFAF Robbery

The Politie, the nationwide police of the Netherlands, stated it had actually apprehended 2 males who supposedly had actually been associated with a break-in at TEFAF Maastricht on Tuesday. On Wednesday, both males were launched from custody, and the 2 were both cleared of participation in the break-in, according to the Associated Press.

The 2 males, both of whom are Belgian, remain in their 20 s. They were detained while driving what the authorities recognized as a gray vehicle with a Belgian registration number that had actually been driving near the William-Alexandertunnel in Maastricht.

TEFAF is understood for its first-rate– and typically costly– antiquities and Old Master paintings. (The fair, whose Maastricht edition closes today, likewise installs 2 New York occasions each year.) Rather than going for these things, the burglars had actually tried to take precious jewelry by smashing open a display screen case at one cubicle.

The dealership who brought that fashion jewelry to the reasonable, and what the burglars handled to take, has actually not been determined by either the Politie or TEFAF itself.

In video published to social networks, among the armed burglars almost tosses a vase filled with flowers as another rams a stanchion into a cubicle. Following their burglary, the fair was quickly left. TEFAF formerly stated it “has robust treatments in case of a security breach. These were specifically followed, and all visitors, exhibitors and personnel were securely left.”

” In the interest of research study and examination, say goodbye to info can be launched at this time,” the Politie stated in a declaration.